Friday, January 11, 2008

Zoo !

Hmm...have been meaning to clear this backlog of photos of a zoo trip last year.The zoo in mention is of course Zoo Negara, (for those who havn't a clue of what I m referring to, Zoo Negara is Malaysia-Kuala Lumpur's National Zoo. Zoo is of course zoo whilst 'Negara' means country in Bahasa Malaysia/Malay language.) Here they are for your viewing pleasure! (Heaps & heaps of animal pictures ahead!)

The first animals you see depend on which route you choose from the entrance. We were treated to giraffes feasting for our first shot.

More giraffes munching,these are female ones. Identifiable by their ossicones, or rather horns. Female giraffes have tufts of hair on theirs whilst males don't.

Elephants are next, seen back to back here :)

Curiousphant.It wanted to come as closeas possible to inspectwhoever was pssing by.

One & a half eared kanga

Brown bears are ginormous!Huge pectoral muscles!

One of my fave photos of this lot,silhouetted storks make alovely pattern for the eyes!

Swimming now.

He's just really uninspired.There were about 6-7 ofthese raccoons just slumpedall over the pen's floor.Wasn't able to shoot pix ofthe others as lighting was bad andthe plastic cage barrierwas really cloudy.

Another fave!MR. CAPYBARAliterally hogging the wholefood bucket.

Mousedeer playing peekabooamongst the shrubbery.

Tortoise pair

Tortoise Pair again :P

I am not sure which are these>alligator? cayman?

One of them giving the 'eye'.

I find these tree frogsreally cute.No explanation whatsoever,just so adorable.

I love this elephant pair,if you'd notice, they keep croppingup during this post!

Wallabies,guess they were bored too.

This is what I vaguely remember about this creatured from the buffalo family. It starts with an 'a' & it leads a solitary lifestyle. It can't stand living together. They are very fierce, they'd gore one another if given a chance.

Baby civet cat

Otter playing witha piece of rock.We stood there for about 10 overminutes watching it go.

Hippos.

Malayan Sun bear,not as big as theirbrown bear cousinsbut still sizeable.These poor thingsare kept in cages not muchbigger than themselvesand are despicably milkedfor their bile foruse in certain"medicinal" practices.

:P Bumpy yellow toad?Anyone know what this is?

Bristly, busy hog.She had her snout,snuffling through everycentimetre of her muddy pen.

The same sun bearplaying with a brick.

Reach!My last pic of z elephant

& we've come to the end of the post! I hope you've enjoyed the photos.Zoo Negara doesn't seem to have changed much imho but I guess the facilities have been upgraded a little whilst the animal selection has been increased to include more imports. An interesting place to bring family or loved ones to educate them on the wilds. I'll only be back for another decade or so just to see how much has evolved again! ;)